valedictorian

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I guess that makes me valedictorian of my own special class … I did the best of everyone who failed.
我想這大概使我有資格代表我這一類學(xué)生發(fā)言……在所有的失敗者里，我做得最好。
How many families have graduated all four kids as valedictorian of their (albeit small) graduating class?
父母的這種撫養(yǎng)方式作用明顯。因?yàn)橛卸嗌偌彝ヅ囵B(yǎng)出的四個(gè)孩子，能作為代表在畢業(yè)班上發(fā)表演講，即使畢業(yè)班的規(guī)模不大？
When life doesn't deliver on their hopes, whether they be making class valedictorian, beauty pageant winner, company president, or neurosurgeon, women are set up for major disappointment.
如果期望中成功的演講、選美冠軍、公司總裁或神經(jīng)外科醫(yī)生等目標(biāo)未曾實(shí)現(xiàn)，女人們就會(huì)大失所望。在自己的世界中作個(gè)小齒輪，是不夠的。

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After graduating as his high-school valedictorian, in 1986, he attended Harvard, then Columbia Law.
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a student who has the highest grades in his or her graduating class in high school and who makes a speech at the graduation ceremony

A valedictorian is the student who has the highest grade point average in their class when they graduate from high school or college, and who gives a speech at their graduation ceremony.